Repost for Betty Fredericks, bbffrrpp11 at gmail.com Hi Karen,
You probably want to learn about St. Anthony's Church in East Cambridge. That is the Portuguese Church for the City. I don't know when it was originally built, but an FYI is that a new building was built maybe after 1950 - on a different street, I believe. My (now) husband spent most of his life in Cambridge, and grew up on Gore St. in East Cambridge. There were many nationalities on Gore St. and in East Cambridge, in general. His family moved to Cambridgeport during the 1950's, but his father's relatives mostly remained in East Cambridge and Somerville next to it. Another FYI is that his grandfather, Antonio PACHECO, was killed in a car accident in ~1929, and there were 3 other, Portuguese men in the car with him. At least 3 of the 4 men did not survive their injuries. From memory at 7 am, I'm pretty sure one of the men was a SILVA. And possibly a MACHADO. .. "Tony" married Elsita "Elsie" MOURA in ~1912, and her mother and sisters were also in East Cambridge (or Somerville). Her brothers were also there initially but moved out of state in 1920's. And, I found out last fall her mother's brothers with the da ROSA name were already there. You'll find many Portuguese surnames in Cambridge and Somerville, and the young adults marrying Portuguese people. For example, the couple Frank and Carolina (MOURA) MEDEIROS had relatives marrying MACHADO people. (I grew up in Arlington, right beside Cambridge and Somerville, so I'm somewhat familiar with the area. And, I know many Portuguese moved to Arlington or neighboring towns. I have access to the 1920 census, and I just checked. There were ~260 people with the SILVA name in just Middlesex County. And, you mentioned that your Joe and Maria SILVA didn't arrive until 1921. If you wanted to mention the brother's name, I'll see if he is mentioned in the 1920 census. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
